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stranglehold

strang guhl hohld

  • n  complete power over a person or situation
    corporations have a stranglehold on the media
  • n  a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

  • The act is rooted in the media world of 1949, when lawmakers became concerned that by virtue of their near-stranglehold on nationwide TV broadcasting, the three main television .
  • But the luk kreung's close-knit community and Western-stoked confidence sometimes elicits grumbles from other Thais, who also resent their stranglehold on the entertainment industry.
  • Firefox is chipping away at Internet Explorer's stranglehold, but more important, it is showing that a loose collective of volunteer contributors from around the world can deliver .
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  • Gordon Brown in Reuters India
    Referring to Russia's role as a supplier of more than a quarter of Europe's gas -- which some observer say has tempered European condemnation -- Brown said: "No nation can be allowed to exert an energy stranglehold over Europe."
  • Chris Van Hollen in FOXNews
    Their votes reflect the sentiments of mainstream Republicans "when they're removed from the White House stranglehold," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
  • Sir Alex Ferguson in New York Times
    My intention was to win the first one and try and break the stranglehold Liverpool had on the title at that time,Ferguson said, referring to United's success after he took charge, winning the first Premier League title in the inaugural...

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